What to do and see in Aust-Agder, Southern Norway: The Best Ski & Snowboard Areas

Downhill at the ski resort with a professional instructor. Take the ski lift to the top and try our two organized downhill trails with different degrees of difficulty.

Tusseland is the children's own ski area with easy descents, special children's pistes and fun activities. The area has platter lifts and a magic carpet. At the bottom of the hill there is a ski carousel for the youngest ones. The children may play and practice turning techniques at the same time! Tusseland has its own toboggan run and recreation area providing a good view of the pistes, in addition to a kiosk and a small lounge. Free ski pass for children up to and including the age of 6 if they wear a helmet

The Tusse Trail is where the youngest members of the family can get introduced to cross-country skiing-uphill,downhill and straight ahead- in an easy terrain. The cross-country arena at Hovden is an excellent starting point. Go from parking place to the end of the stadium.Turn right towards Royrvik-asen. Follow the outer trail along the Hartevatn lake. The complete round is approximately 3km, but there is no shame in turning back if the little ones get tired.

The ski trails at oynaheia are in nice and varied terrain about 300 metres above sea level. There are two parking lots, one at the cabin oynastua and one at the hill Toplandsheia. Directions to oynaheia: Drive road no 42 to Mjavatn, and from there about 6 kms to oynaheia. To Toplandsheia drive road no 41 about 17 kms from Birkeland to Toplandsveien, and from there about 2.5 kms to Toplandsheia. The trails in oynastua are the following lengths: 2.2 kms 7.0 kms 14.6 kms 16.5 kms The trails in Toplandsheia are the following lengths: 3.7 kms 11.5 kms 16.5 kms From oynastua to Toplandsheia there are 7.6 kms. From Toplandsheia to oynastua there are 8.9 kms. oynastua is the cabin by the entrance to oynaheia, the hills known to be the most popular place for cross-country skiiing in the Arendal region. The area is about 300 metres above sea level, in a snowy belt 30 kms from the coast. Here you find the best ski trails in this part of the country. In the weekends during ski season, the café is open. Here you can buy waffles, hot dogs, chocolates and more. Parking is NOK 20 and does directly to running the cabin. Coffe and tea is free of charge.